Chapter Summaries

Qin Ze and Huo Yu Hao joined Xi Xi, Bei Bei, and Di Yue Li against Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan, whose field control had held them back. Qin Ze’s purple-red soul skill, combined with Huo Yu Hao’s mental attacks and Xi Xi’s strike, let them eliminate both opponents, leaving Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng stunned.

• Ma Xiaotao pressed Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng while Qin Ze and Huo Yu Hao moved to help Xi Xi, Bei Bei, and Di Yue Li fight Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan.
• Ling Luochen spread Frigid Mist across the stage and froze Bei Bei’s lightning attack, forcing the group to retreat until Gongyang Mo’s speed boost helped them escape the mist.
• Qin Ze used his purple-red soul skill while Huo Yu Hao created a false image with Mental Interference, suppressing Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan’s soul skills.
• Huo Yu Hao struck Ling Luochen with Spirit Impact as Xi Xi attacked her, while Bei Bei, Di Yue Li, and Qin Ze pressured Yao Haoxuan.
• Xuan Zi removed Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan from the stage, and Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng stared in shock at their sudden defeat.

After Ma Xiaotao's team defeated Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng's team, the students held more practice matches, chose their reserve-team leaders, and prepared to leave for Star Luo City. At Nine Treasures Auction House, manager Xiao Wenliang received an unexpected visitor whose identity was not revealed.

• Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng surrendered after Qin Ze's soul skill prevented Ling Luochen from using hers, and the defeated students shouted that they were pigs.
• After an hour's rest, the teams fought again with several members replaced by Jiang Nannan, Ning Tian, Xiao Xiao, Wu Feng, and Tang Ya; the teams each won one match, and Huo Yu Hao revealed his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul.
• Xuan Zi named Bei Bei the reserve team's captain and Huo Yu Hao its main Control Soul Master, then told everyone to gather at the academy gates the next morning to depart for Star Luo City.
• Yao Haoxuan shared his five soul skills with Qin Ze, who then explained the traits of his Third Soul Skill.
• At Nine Treasures Auction House, Xiao Wenliang heard a knock, saw the visitor, and stood up in surprise.

Xuan Zi explained the Shrek Supervisory Group’s dangerous work to the reserve team and asked them to decide whether to join. All twelve students chose to join as the group headed toward Shrek City.

• The Shrek main and reserve teams left the academy with Xuan Zi and Wang Yan leading them.
• After walking about two kilometers, Xuan Zi told the twelve reserve-team students that fewer than one hundred Inner Court disciples remained at the academy.
• Xuan Zi explained that many Inner Court students had failed to graduate because they died on missions for the Shrek Supervisory Group, which fought Evil Soul Masters, bandits, enslavement, and corrupt officials.
• Xuan Zi warned that joining the Supervisory Group carried heavy responsibilities and danger but offered no rewards.
• All twelve reserve-team students firmly chose to join, and the Inner Court disciples and Wang Yan smiled.

Xuan Zi and Ma Xiaotao briefed the students on their first Shrek Supervisory Group mission: eliminating the Death Hand Evil Soul Master bandits in the Ming Dou Mountain Range. Qin Ze recognized the mission as the dangerous cave encounter he remembered, and the group set off toward the border, leaving their first day’s journey at a midday rest stop.

• Wang Yan gave the twelve students Supervisory Group rings, and Ma Xiaotao explained their features and the mission against Death Hand and its leader, Death Messenger.
• Ma Xiaotao warned the students that the mission required killing all the bandits, and Qin Ze said he had killed people before while traveling with his teacher.
• Ma Xiaotao assigned senior students to carry several of the less experienced members, then ordered the group to set off at full speed.
• The group traveled until noon, with Bei Bei, Xu San Shi, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya tiring while Qin Ze and Di Yue Li kept pace steadily.
• The students stopped near a stream to rest, and Xu San Shi collapsed from exhaustion while the others recovered.

Qin Ze shared a lavish meal from his soul tool with the Shrek group, bringing them closer together before they continued toward Star Luo City. At a border military camp, Dai Yueheng borrowed Flying Soul Tools, and the group practiced using them before preparing to depart.

• Qin Ze set out roast lamb, skewers, soup, fish, juice, and cakes from his soul tool, and the group eagerly shared the food.
• Xuan Zi appeared, took roast lamb and skewers, and disappeared while the others continued eating and joking.
• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan cleaned up after the meal, and the group rested before continuing their journey.
• Dai Yueheng borrowed Flying Soul Tools from a Star Luo Empire border camp and explained how to operate them.
• The Inner Court disciples taught the Outer Court disciples to fly, while Qin Ze learned quickly and Di Yue Li flew confidently.
• Huo Yu Hao used Spirit Detection and sharing to help everyone practice, and the group prepared to set off after an hour.

Shrek Academy’s group traveled west toward the Star Luo Empire’s border, where Dai Yueheng reunited them with the empire’s soldiers. After the exhausting flight, Qin Ze reassured Huo Yu Hao as the group prepared to rest before meeting Dai Yueheng’s family.

• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li flew with the students as the group traveled five hundred li and stopped to recover their Soul Power.
• Xuan Zi linked everyone together and flew them fifteen hundred kilometers in four hours, while Qin Ze and Di Yue Li avoided vomiting because of Qin Ze’s protective light ring.
• Dai Yueheng identified himself to Du Leisi and the Star Luo Empire soldiers, resolving their suspicion of the Shrek Academy group.
• Dai Yueheng asked Du Leisi to let the exhausted students rest before they went to meet his family.
• Qin Ze told Huo Yu Hao to remember his advice, and Huo Yu Hao agreed while Wang Dong watched their exchange.

Qin Ze and the Shrek Academy team reached the Western Group Army camp and prepared to hunt the Death Hand Bandit Group. After Huo Yu Hao’s surname unsettled Dai Hao, the White Tiger Duke secretly sent Du Leisi to investigate his mansion, and the team set out with the army’s limited intelligence.

• Dai Yueheng led the recovered team to Dai Hao’s camp, where they watched the Western Group Army drill and met the White Tiger Duke.
• Huo Yu Hao told Dai Hao his surname was Huo, prompting Dai Hao to leave abruptly and ask Dai Yueheng about Aunt Huo.
• Dai Hao ordered Du Leisi to investigate the duke’s mansion without letting his wife know.
• Wang Yan briefed the team that the Death Hand Bandit Group had about three hundred members, few known soul masters, and an unidentified leader above Soul King level.
• After receiving intelligence about the bandits’ direction of travel, the team prepared to leave and begin the mission.

The Shrek Academy group searched the Ming Dou Mountain Range for the bandits and followed Wang Yan’s clues to a cave. They prepared to enter wearing the Inspection Team’s equipment.

• The Shrek Academy group entered the Ming Dou Mountain Range, moved through the forest, and stopped at night to eat and rest.
• Wang Yan returned from scouting and reported finding a grove of Wen Lan Trees with heartwood dug out, leading Qin Ze to conclude that the Evil Soul Master bandits were nearby.
• Wang Yan ordered Huo Yu Hao to use his soul skill, and the group followed bloodstains and clothing fragments to a cave with footprints outside.
• Wang Yan told everyone to put on the Inspection Team’s equipment, and the group changed into their dark green gear before approaching the cave.

Qin Ze warned the Shrek disciples that a Soul King bandit could use corpses as bombs, then the teams stormed the Death Hand Bandit Group’s cave. The reserve team reached the Inner Court’s battle and prepared to join the fight.

• Qin Ze used Huo Yu Hao’s Spirit Detection to confirm that the cave housed the Death Hand Bandit Group and contained many corpses.
• Qin Ze warned the others about a Soul King who could detonate corpses, and Dai Yueheng agreed that they should be careful.
• Ma Xiaotao led the Inner Court disciples into an attack, and Wang Yan later guided the reserve team toward the cave.
• Huo Yu Hao extended Spirit Detection as the reserve team entered the cave and saw the remains of captured people, including infant corpses and human skin.
• Wang Yan steadied the shaken disciples, and they reached the open space where the Inner Court disciples were defeating the bandits.
• Wang Yan ordered the reserve team to join the battle, avoid the corpses, and leave no bandits alive.

Qin Ze and the others fought bandits in a cave, where an Evil Soul Master triggered explosions from the corpses. Xiao Kuangdao arrived in time to protect the Inner Court disciples, while another Titled Douluo charged after the Evil Soul Master.

• Qin Ze used his Spinning Blades to kill bandits and warned the group to stay away from the bodies.
• The Evil Soul Master triggered corpse explosions, badly injuring several Inner Court disciples and obscuring the cave in blood and smoke.
• Xiao Kuangdao appeared with his great saber and used ice and flames to shield the disciples and destroy the remaining threats.
• A second Titled Douluo rushed into the cave after the frightened Evil Soul Master.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng greeted Xiao Kuangdao as their grandfather, and Qin Ze addressed him as his teacher.
• Xiao Kuangdao praised Qin Ze and explained that he had come to escort his disciple and look after Ning Tian and Wu Feng.

After an ambush left most of Shrek Academy’s Inner Court team injured, Xuan Zi sent the worst cases back for treatment and assigned the Outer Court reserve team to fight in the Soul Fighting Competition. The reserve students questioned whether they could win, but Qin Ze urged them not to fear failure and declared that he wanted the championship.

• Xuan Zi returned with a defeated Evil Soul Master as Wang Yan assessed the injured Inner Court disciples and explained how severe their conditions were.
• Xuan Zi killed the Evil Soul Master, entrusted the four unconscious disciples to his care, and left Xiao Kuangdao to escort the remaining students back.
• Dai Hao visited the injured disciples at the military camp, heard Wang Yan’s account, and expressed regret over the failed intelligence.
• He Caitou asked whether the reserve team would have to compete, and Wang Yan confirmed that they would handle the early battles while the injured Inner Court disciples recovered.
• Jiang Nannan questioned whether the reserve team could manage, but Qin Ze told them not to fear failure and said he wanted to win the championship.

After the injured Shrek team members prepared to travel to Star Luo City, Elder Xuan faced a Sea God Pavilion meeting over his role in their injuries. Mu En rejected his immediate resignation and assigned him to monitor activity in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ling Luochen apologized to the team, and Wang Yan accepted responsibility for the failed mission while Bei Bei and the others promised to carry on.
• Xiao Kuangdao arranged a day's rest at the military camp before leading the group toward Star Luo City.
• At Shrek Academy, a physician told Elder Xuan that the injured disciples were stable and recovering.
• Elder Xuan told the Sea God Pavilion that he wanted to resign as deputy commander of the Inspection Team and withdraw from the Pavilion.
• Mu En urged Elder Xuan not to quit immediately and said he could leave the deputy commander post once a replacement was found.
• Mu En ordered Elder Xuan to remain in Shrek City and watch Di Tian and the other beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Mu En ordered Shrek Academy to develop Soul Tools, trusted its reserve team to compete in the Soul Fighting Competition, and welcomed Qin Ze into the Sea God Pavilion. The chapter ended with Xiao Kuangdao bringing Qin Ze and the others to the crowded imperial capital of Star Luo City.

• Mu En ordered every Inner Court disciple to obtain custom flying and defensive Soul Tools and insisted that Shrek develop its Soul Tool Department.
• Mu En decided the reserve team would compete in the Soul Fighting Competition and asked Xian Lin'er to arrange a student exchange with Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Mu En announced that Qin Ze had joined the Sea God Pavilion with Xiao Kuangdao's approval, and the members agreed to keep it secret.
• Xiao Kuangdao brought Qin Ze and the others to Star Luo City, where they marveled at its massive walls and crowds.

Shrek Academy arrived in Star Luo City and learned that its injured main fighters would miss the opening elimination round of the Soul Master Academy competition. The team selected seven Outer Court students to compete and planned to use Huo Yu Hao’s simulated Soul Rings to intimidate their opponents.

• Qin Ze and the Shrek group entered the crowded Star Luo City and settled into the Star Emperor Hotel.
• Wang Yan explained the competition rules and warned that Shrek had to win its first elimination match to stay in the tournament.
• Bei Bei proposed prioritizing students with Martial Soul Fusion Skills and stronger cultivation for the opening match.
• Qin Ze suggested that Huo Yu Hao simulate six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings to frighten their opponents, and the team chose Qin Ze, Di Yue Li, Bei Bei, He Caitou, Wang Dong, Huo Yu Hao, and Xu San Shi to compete.
• Qin Ze told He Caitou to make cigars during the match, surprising Wang Yan when he learned the cigars were He Caitou’s martial soul.

As the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition approached, Wang Yan prepared Shrek Academy’s students while privately struggling with nerves. Shrek arrived at Star Luo Plaza for the opening ceremony, where the assembled teams awaited the emperor’s speech and the competition’s start.

• He Caitou made cigars for the team, and Wang Yan arranged for everyone to use them before competing.
• After the students left, Wang Yan tried one of the remaining cigars and was astonished by its effect.
• At Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Xiao Hong Chen expressed contempt for Shrek while Elder Ma worried about his arrogance.
• On the morning of the competition, academies left the Star Emperor Hotel under military escort for Star Luo Plaza.
• Ma Xiaotao led Shrek’s fifteen students into their designated place at the plaza, where the teams waited for the Star Luo Emperor to begin the competition.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition officially began in Star Luo City, and Shrek Academy drew Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the first elimination match. Shrek’s team rallied together and stepped onto the competition stage, ready to face their opponents.

• The Star Luo Emperor, Xu Jiawei, welcomed the academies and declared the competition open.
• The Prime Minister announced the first elimination round, and the host revealed that Shrek would face Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Qin Ze encouraged the Shrek reserve team by pointing out how nervous their opponents looked and reminding them of Shrek’s legacy.
• Qin Ze and the Shrek team stacked their hands together and declared, “Shrek will win.”
• The seven Shrek representatives walked onto the competition stage as the crowd cheered.

Qin Ze and the Shrek team faced Heavenly Spirit Academy in an elimination match, appearing so young that the crowd assumed they were reserve members. The match began with Shrek revealing that all seven were Soul Emperors with five black soul rings and one red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, leaving the arena in shock.

• Qin Ze and the Shrek team walked onto the stage and faced the astonished competitors from Heavenly Spirit Academy.
• The referee explained the match rules, and both teams took their positions as the audience waited for the contest to begin.
• The referee started the match, and Heavenly Spirit Academy's team summoned their martial souls and formed their lineup.
• Huo Yu Hao and the others released their Spiritual Power, then revealed six soul rings apiece: five black and one red.
• The red soul ring's terrifying aura overwhelmed Heavenly Spirit Academy, while spectators, officials, and Xiao Hong Chen reacted in disbelief.

Shrek Academy defeated Heavenly Spirit Academy in the first match of the elimination round, stunning the audience and rival academies with the reserve team's overwhelming strength. The tournament resumed only after a long pause, with the next two teams waiting impatiently for their match.

• Huo Yu Hao and Wang Dong unleashed the Golden Road, incapacitating Heavenly Spirit Academy's seven members and destroying their Soul Tools.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and the audience erupted in cheers as officials and rival academies reacted to the reserve team's strength.
• Shrek's team left the arena joking about sightseeing and how easy the match had been, while Xu Jiawei ordered an investigation into the seven students for possible recruitment.
• Xiao Hong Chen struggled to accept Shrek's display, and Meng Hong Chen tried to reassure him that they would still win.
• The tournament paused for several minutes before the next elimination match began, leaving the waiting teams frustrated by the delay.

After Shrek’s victory, Qin Ze revealed that his and Yue Li’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill could suppress Soul Power, giving Wang Yan a possible tactic against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Later, Xiao Kuangdao told Qin Ze that Starlight Auction House had obtained an unknown Soul Beast Embryo and would auction it in a few days.

• Wang Yan and the others discussed Shrek’s victory, Ling Luochen’s recovery, and how to use Huo Yu Hao and Wang Dong’s exposed Martial Soul Fusion Skill cautiously.
• Qin Ze explained that his and Yue Li’s Hand of the Heavens confined Soul Power, and Wang Yan considered saving it for a match against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Qin Ze arranged Huo Yu Hao and Wang Dong close together on a bed, then told Bei Bei to ask Mu En about the Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul after the competition.
• Shrek rested and watched the other academy matches while Wang Yan gathered information, and the expected support for the team did not arrive.
• Xiao Kuangdao told Qin Ze that Starlight Auction House had acquired an unknown Soul Beast Embryo and planned to auction it in a few days.

Qin Ze learned that Xiao Kuangdao had brought Du Busi to help him obtain the super soul beast embryo, and the two Super Douluo planned to ambush whoever won it. Later, Wang Yan gathered the team to review their injuries and reported that Ling Luochen could compete in the round-robin.

• Qin Ze told Xiao Kuangdao that the auction item was a super soul beast embryo, and Xiao Kuangdao summoned Du Busi to help secure it.
• Du Busi agreed to help Qin Ze in exchange for a favor, and Qin Ze promised to repay him for his past kindness.
• Du Busi proposed assassinating the auction winner to seize the embryo, and Xiao Kuangdao agreed that few could withstand an ambush by two Super Douluo.
• After about an hour of conversation, Du Busi and Xiao Kuangdao left, and Qin Ze went to sleep after seeing them off.
• Wang Yan gathered the team on the third evening after the competition began and asked about the injured Inner Court disciples.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng said they needed about ten more days to recover, while Ling Luochen said she could compete in the round-robin.